Schack Carl Rantzau

Schack Carl Rantzau

Schack Carl, rigsgreve (von) Rantzau or Carl Schack Rantzau-Ascheberg (11 March 1717, Ascheberg estate, Holstein – 21 January 1789, Menerbes, France[1]) was a Holstein-born Danish officer and statesman. He is notable for his friendship with Johann Friedrich Struensee and his role in the coup which led to Struensee's fall from power.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ (in French) Le séjour et la mort d'un homme d'État danois en Provence. By Axel Linvald. Annales du Midi : revue archéologique, historique et philologique de la France méridionale, 1928. Volume 40 nº 157 pp. 286-296]
  2. ↑ (in Danish) "Rantzau Rigsgrever af Ascheberg. Ranzau-slægten". Roskildehistorie.dk. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  3. ↑ (in Danish) H.R. Hiort-Lorenzen, "Om Grev Rantzau-Aschebergs sidste Dage", s. 731-34 i: Historisk Tidsskrift, Bind 6. række, 3 (1891 – 1892) 1.


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